Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 484 › Conversation 484-014
United States Secret Service agents on Secret Service
Wednesday, April 21, 1971 · 1:43 PM–2:31 PM ET · Oval Office · 40 sec
AI Summary
Secret Service agents met with President Nixon in the Oval Office to discuss security logistics related to his movements. The discussion primarily focused on the President's transition to the Executive Office Building. Due to the presence of withdrawn material and unintelligible audio, the specific operational directives from this exchange remain undocumented.
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NARA Description
On April 21, 1971, United States Secret Service agents met in the Oval Office of the White House at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm. The Oval Office taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 484-014 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 484-14
Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm
Location: Oval Office
Unknown people (Secret Service agents) entered at an unknown time
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BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
[Agency Policy]
[Duration: 3s ]
END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1
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The President’s location
-Executive Office Building [EOB]
[Unintelligible]
The unknown people left at an unknown time before 2:31 pmAlso recorded on April 21, 1971
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- 252-001 1:43 PM · 2 min — President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm.
- 252-002 1:43 PM · 14 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 1:43 pm and 2:31 pm.
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Cite this conversation
Conversation 484-014, April 21, 1971. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/484-014 (accessed October 12, 2026).